Shade-holder.



E. G. K. ANDERSON.

SHADE HOLDR,

7 APPLICATION FILED APR. 1 5| I916.

Patented Not 6, 191?.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 E. G. K. ANDERSON.

SHADE HOLDER.

nrrucmou mm APR. 15, I916.

, 1,245,855. Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST G. K. ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ANDERSONELECTRIC SPECIALTY CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SHADE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Application filed April 15, 1916. Serial No. 91,292.

shade holders for electric light fixtures, and

refers more specifically to that type of shade holder which embraces inits construction a clamping device consisting of two or more open orloop-shaped clamping members which are adapted to fit over the large endof an electric light bulb and engage with said bulb in such manner thatthe shade supported thereby may be adjusted in various positions on thebulb so as to direct the lightv rays at varying angles.

y improvements relate more specifically to a shade holder of thischaracter which is so constructed and arranged as to permit the clampingmembers of the holder to befolded or collapsed relatively to-each otherso as to enable said holders, or shades equipped with such holders, tobe closely nested and therefore occupy compact space for the purposes ofshipping and storage. Another object of the invention is to provide aconstruction of'holder which may be made amply strong and reliable bythe use of wire or other material substantially lighter than thatheretofore used in shade holders of this general character.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the partsshown in the drawings and described in the specifications and is pointedout in the appended claims.

I have shown in the drawings a number of modifications of my invention,certain of the embodiments being adapted to be attached to and form aunitary part of the shade, and others constituting separate fixtureswhich are adapted to be used with standard shades.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view, as seen from beneath, ofone form of shade holder and attached shade embodying my invention,

showing the manner in which it is used with an ordinary electric lightbulb.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the shade holder and shade with the holderfolded or collapsed.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a plurality of holder-equipped shadesshowing the facility with which they may be nested.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of another form of shade holder, as appliedto a standard form of shade.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the holder's, showing the holdermembers collapsed.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of another form of holder, adapted for usein connection with beaded type shades.

Fig. 7 is a plan View showing the latter form of holder collapsed orfolded.

Fig. 8 is a detail view illustrating the manner in which the hinged endsof the holder clamps are formed to facilitate folding, and which may beapplied to either form of holders heretofore referred to.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a modified form of clamping member.

First referring to the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 10designates a shade of common form, usually made of sheet metal. 11designates an ordinary electric light bulb. 12, 12 designates the twomembers of a holder clamp which are fastened centrally to the top of theshade and within the same. Said clamping members 12 are preferably madeof relatively lightspring wire, and are of open or loopform, so thatthey may readily adapt themselves to the larger ends of electric lightbulbs in such manner that the shade supported thereby may be practicallyuniversally adjusted about the longitudinal axis of the lamp so as todirect the light rays in all horizontal directions.

Heretofore it has been the common practice in making shade holders ofthis eneral type to rigidly fix the clamping mem rs to the top of theshade. A disadvantage of the priorpractice is that the clamping membersextend practically to the lower rim of the shade so that the shade andholder necessarily occupy as much'room, when packed for shipping orstorage, as a solid semispherical body of the general dimensions of theshade. I

In accordance with my invention, the two clamping members constitutingthe holder are hingedly connected to the shade in such manner that theymay swing toward and from each other. They may be thus attached to theshade through the medium of an attaching plate 14 which is fixed, as bymeans of a central rivet 15, to the shade in the axis thereof. Theclamping members 12, as shownin Figs. 1, 2 and 3, are each made of asingle piece of resilient wire with the end ortions or arms 16, 16, nextadjacent to the oop or ring-like parts of the clamping members, broughttogether and generally arallel with each other as herein shown.

eyond said parts 16 the arms 17 of the clamping members are bent at anangle to the portions 16 and terminate in oppositely directed pintleportions 18 which, as herein shown, are hingedly connected to loops 19,

19 formed on the attaching plate 14, as best shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8.Thus the clamping members are free to swing toward and from each other,and by reason of the resiliency of the wire constituting said members,one of the members may be passed through the other when said members areswung toward each other so as to permit them to assume the foldedposition shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 8, substantially parallel with theattaching plate 14. The folding or collapsing of the clamping members isfacilitated by the angular arrangement of the portions 16 and 17 of thearms of the clamping members, as is best illustrated in Fig. 8. Fig. 3illustrates the facility with which a plurality of shades, equipped withthe folding clam ing members described, may be nested or shipment orstorage. From an inspection of said figure, it will be noted that theuse of the foldable clamping members permits approximately four timesthe number of shades to be nested or. grouped in a given s ace ascompared to the prior form of sha e having fixed clamping arms ormembers.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a form of holder which is adapted to sup orton an upstanding electric light bulb a ight cloth shade 25, sometimesreinforced by a reticulated metal frame 26. This form of holdercomprises a holder ring 27 of proper shape and size to fit snugly withinthe open truncated end of the shade. Said ring extends into the open endof the shade and is provided with a dependingl curtain-like flange 28which engages t e shade below the open end thereof and on which theshade is supported.

The clamping members 29, 29 of the holder are of open or loop-shapedform, as in the construction previously described, to fit over thelarger end of the lamp bulb. Each of said clamping members is shown asmade of a single piece of wire and the ends 30, 30 are brought togetherin approximately parallel relation and terminate in opptely directedpintles 31, 31 which engage in loops 1 32, 32 formed integral with orstruck up from the ring 27. The said clamping members are adapted to befolded or collapsed one upon the other in the same general manner as inthe construction before described, the folded positions of the partsbeing illustrated in Fig. 5. In this construction the supporting ringand the clamping members are furnished for use with standard shades andare readily applied to the shades without the necessity of attachingmeans as in the previously described construction.

In Figs. 6 and 7 is illustrated a holder adapted for supporting a beadedtype of shade 35 from an upstanding lamp bulb. This form ofholder-comprises a plate 36, which is fitted over the flanged upstandingportion 37 of the shade and is formed with a depending curtain-likeflange 38 which encircles said portion 37 It is fastened to the shade ina familiar manner by screws 39 which extend through said flange 38 andengage under a bead 40 which surmounts the upstanding portion 37 Theclamping members 41, 41 are, in this instance, pivoted or him ed to anattaching plate 42 that is secure as by means of a rivet 43, to thecentral portion of the holder plate 36. The ends of the wiresconstituting said clamping members terminate in generally parallelangular ortions 44, 45, respectively, the ends of which are directedoppositely to constitute the pintles 46 for engagement with hinge loops47 of the attaching plate 42.

In all the construction described, it will be noted that thebulb-engaging loops of the clamping members are solid or continuousthroughout their bulb-engagin por= tions so that thereby they may be mae relatively light, while possessing suflicient resiliency to reliablysupport the same and the shade on the lamp bulb.

In Fig. 9 is shown a modification of the clamping member, which may beap lied to either of the forms of holder be ore described, and is moreespecially applicable to the forms illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3,inclusive, and in Figs. 6 and 7. In the construction shown in said Fig.9, the clampingmember 48 is made of a single piece of wire, as intheconstructions previously described, comprising two semi-loop portions49, 49 and the angularly disposed arm portions 50, 51 at the hinged endof the clamping member. The arms 51, in this instance, are joined by anintegral member 52 that constitutes the pintle of the clamping member,which is adapted to engage hinge loops of a supporting or attachingplate, like the plates 14 and 41, be fore described. The ends of thewire from which the clamping member is formed are brought close togetheron the side of the loop remote from the pintle. This arrangement givesconsiderable flexibility to the holder,

lamp bulb and hinged to swing toward and qrfroln aoh other.

2. A shade liolderfor electricrlamps comprising looped clamping membersto engage over a lamp bulb and a mounting therefor to which the clampingmembers are hinged to swing toward and from each other to enable them tobe folded or collapsed upon each other.

3. A shade holder for electric lamps comprising two clamping members,each made of a single piece of spring wire and comprising loopedportions to engage over a lamp bulb; pintle portions; and a support towhich said pintle portions are hingedly connected, whereby said clampingmembers swing ward and from each other to enable them to be folded orcollapsed upon each other.

4. A shade holder for electric lam s comprising a mounting for the shae, and

looped clamping members hinged to the mounting to swing toward and fromeach other and made of resilient material and of such dimensions,whereby one may pass through the other to enable the members to befolded or collapsed upon each other.

5. A shade hol ing clamping members each ma e of a single piece of wireembracing a centrally looped portion and end pintle portions, with amounting to which said pintle portions are hingedly connected.

'6. In combination, a shade; an attaching.

ERNST G. K. ANDERSON.

' Wing MI GI ADI.

plate to swingtoward and er comprising two swing-

